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The Holy Land Experience | Photo © 2023, www.abandonedfl.com

The Holy Land Experience

The Holy Land Experience The Holy Land Experience was a Christian-based theme park in Orlando, Florida, and registered as a non-profit corporation. Weekly church services and bible studies...

Orlando Sun Resort | Photo © 2021 James Gilliland

Orlando Sun Resort

Inside the Orlando Sun Resort on Irlo Bronson Memorial Hwy. Photo courtesy of James Gilliland The Orlando Sun Resort and Convention Center first opened in 1972 as the Hyatt Orlando Resort. The resort...

World of Orchids | Photo © 2018 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

A World of Orchids

The ‘World of Orchids’ sign that welcomed passersby and visitors. World of Orchids was a working greenhouse located in Kissimmee. It included over thousands of orchids, including rare and...

Summit Charter School | Photo © 2019 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

Summit Charter School

Central Florida Christian School The old Summit Charter School was built in 1983 as the Central Florida Christian Church for the Citadel of Faith and Freedom. The Citadel of Faith and Freedom was...

Jungleland Zoo | Photo © 2018 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

Jungleland Zoo

  Photo Credit: Mykl Roventine, circa 1990s – Alligatorland Zoo was renamed to Jungleland Zoo in 1995, with many of the original remaining including the giant gator statue. Irlo Bronson...

Riddle House | Photo © 2014 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

Riddle House

The “Riddle House” Before you continue reading, please note that the following information was from a local resident of Orlando who supposedly spent years researching the history of the...

Central Christian Church | Photo © 2014 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

Central Christian Church

Located at the southwest corner of Ridgewood St. and Cathcart Ave., this religious building serves as a record of Orlando’s residential and spiritual growth during the Land Boom Period of the...

Sunland Mental Hospital Orlando | Photo by Jani77, 2012

Sunland Mental Hospital Orlando

  Photo Credit: State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory, 1939 – Central Florida Tuberculosis Hospital, later known as the Sunland Training Center for Retarded Children. Around 1952, a new...

South Beach Orlando Luxury Suites | Photo © 2010 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

South Beach Orlando Luxury Suites

Opening on July 4, 2008, South Beach Orlando featured 144 suites which can be rented out a months at a time at a “reasonable” rate. Within months, it received many poor and rather odd...

Venturella Resort | Photo © 2009 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

Venturella Resort and Spa

  A promotional photo for Riu Orlando. The Venturella Resort and Spa started out as the Riu Orlando Hotel in 1988, a 3-star hotel with the luxuries of a 4-star luxury resort, at least that’s...

Splendid China | Photo © 2015 Robin Hanson

Splendid China

The idea for Splendid China here in Florida was that of Josephine Chen, a Taiwanese-American school teacher and real estate developer. The thought was the park would be a great means for cultural...

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NNPTC Baldwin Park Barracks

Thought by neighborhood kids as an old mental hospital was actually the barracks for recruits entering power school. In December 1966, it was announced that Orlando will be the site for the...

Water Mania Featured Image

Water Mania

  Photo Credit: Dustin Walker, 2006 Located on U.S. Highway 192 in Kissimmee, Water Mania opened briefly in 1986 and had its grand opening on March 7, 1987. The park was Kissimmee’s first water...

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